Improvement in shirts



C. C. & L. TUTTLE.

SHIRT.

'o.174,987. Patented March 21,1876.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CHESTERFIELD TUTTLE, .OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AND LORENZO 'IUTTLE, OF WESTPORT, CONNECTICUT; SAID LORENZO TUTTLE ASSIGNOR TO SAID CHESTERFIELD C. TUTTLE.

IMPROVEMENT m SHIRTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 174,987., dated March 21, 1876; application filed February 9, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHESTERFIELD O. TUT- TLE, of the city of New York, and the county and State of New York, and LORENZO TUT- 'lLE, of Westport, in the State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shirts, of which the following is a specification v This invention relates to the construction of gentlemens dress-shirts or other shirts, with reference to the preservation of the starched bosoms or fronts against bulging or breaking in use.

The invention consists, primarily, in attaching the bosom to the body of the shirt at a point above the lower end of the bosom, instead of at the lower extremity, the portion of the bosom below this point of attachment extending in the form of a flap to the usual length of a long bosom, or to any preferred length. The lower end of the stifl'ened bosom is thus free to-slide downward, so as not to break when the body is bent forward.

The invention consists, further, in attaching the drawers-tongue behind the bosom at the said lower point of attachment. The support of the front of the drawers and the straightening efi'ect of this on the bosom, when the body is erect, are thus retained, and the drawers-tongue is covered by the bosom-flap.

The advantages of short and long bosoms are thus combined, while simplicity and adaptation to be readily manufactured are preserved.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of an improved shirt, illustrating this invention. Fig. 2 represents a side view of the shirt in use.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures.

This improved shirt is constructed with a long bosom, a, which is preferably tapered and rounded at its lower end, as shown in Fig. 1. The body I) is cut with a bosom-opening shorter than the bosom. Otherwise it may be of any ordinary or preferred pattern, including the arms, the yoke, if any, and the neck-band or collar. Between the bosom and the edge at the lower end of the bosom-opening a long drawers-tongue, c, is preferably sewed. A double seam has been sewed through the bosom-lining, tongue, and body-cloth, with an inconspicuous single seam through the front, as indicated in Fig. 1. The tongue 0 is made of the proper length to button onto the drawers, in the usual manner. The bosom a extends down in front of the drawers-tongue to the usual or any preferred length in the form of a flap, d, with finished edges. This flap is free to work up and down between the drawers and pantaloons, or inside or outside of same, and the soft flexible tongue, if used, supports the front of the drawers, and holds the upper part of the bosom smooth when their weight is on it, while it will not transmit any bulging or breaking lift. The point of attachment of the bosom and the body of the shirt serves also to locate any break that may ever occur at a point where it will be covered by the lowest cut of vest, by rendering this point more liable to such break than any other. The body of the-shirt also has 'free play under the end of the bosom, and

therefore is more comfortable to the wearer.

In the illustration the shirt is open in front. The invention is equally applicable to shirts open in the back. When the shirt is laundried the starching is confined to the bosom, including the flap portion 01 of same, with superior facility.

We are aware that it has been proposed to make shirts with bosoms attached only at their upper ends and vertical edges. This we do not claim. A horizontal or transverse line of attachment at the lower end of the bosom-opening, or at a corresponding point, is an essential and important feature of our invention.

The following is claimed as new, namely:

1. The improved shirt herein described, having its bosom sewed to the body-cloth at the bottom of the bosom-opening, or on a corresponding transverse line, and at its upper and longitudinal edges above said line,

the said lower line of attachment being above of attachment, substantially as herein specithe lower extremity of the bosom, so as to fied.

form the flap d, as herein specified, for the pur- CHESTERFIELD 0. TUTTLE pose set forth.

2. A shirt having a, drawers-tongue at- LORENZO TUTTLE' inched behind the bosom, and above the Witnesses: lower end of the same, in combination with MATHIAS KIEFER, a flap-extension of the bosom below this point FREDERICK G. W. ESLER. 

